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[MagmaDeath]

The new Halloween event has been announced.
Highlight: Boss monster, Saxon Hale hat, Gift wrapping feature, Mann Manor map, new gift, and more stuff in the store(Some old, some limited time)

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266 - Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker
267 - Haunted Metal Scrap
268 - Scout Mask
269 - Sniper Mask
270 - Soldier Mask
271 - Demoman Mask
272 - Medic Mask
273 - Heavy Mask
274 - Spy Mask
275 - Engineer Mask
276 - Pyro Mask
277 - Saxton Hale Mask
278 - Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head
279 - Ghastly Gibus
280 - Noise Maker - Black Cat
281 - Noise Maker - Gremlin
282 - Noise Maker - Werewolf
283 - Noise Maker - Witch
284 - Noise Maker - Banshee
286 - Noise Maker - Crazy Laugh
287 - Spine-Chilling Skull
288 - Noise Maker - Stabby
289 - Voodoo Juju
290 - Cadaver's Cranium
291 - Horrific Headsplitter
5022 - Mann Co. Supply Crate #3
5041 - Mann Co. Supply Crate #4
5042 - Gift Wrap
5043 - A Carefully Wrapped Gift
5044 - Description Tag
5045 - Mann Co. Supply Crate #5

It seems you will be able to get the Gibus again, as you can get all of last years achievements as well.

EDIT: Also some new series crates, and this amazing hat.

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[Akigagak]

Gah, the Event map is really laggy. Not in terms of connection lag, my ping is as reasonable as ever, but it's really juddery when, for example, looking in the direction of the capture points from blue base.

[SHAD0Wdump]

 -  Added a health penalty to the Rocket Jumper.

Fuck you Valve.

[PTTG??]

creeeeeepy map, though. Gets creepier the farther you go.

You know what, I think the voice is saying "stop... stop touching..."

[MagmaDeath]

Alright, after playing for a bit.
Event spoilers.

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The present on the map gives you a random class mask, if you get it. Looks like a big yellow present.
Killing the headless horseman with melee attacks can net you a Unusual Haunted Metal Scrap.
I am assuming this will be crafted with stuff to make the Saxton hale mask, but no one has figured it out yet, or shared it.
Right now it seems you can only get one haunted scrap, so the theory of 3 scrap=hale seems to be false.
I wouldn't put it past valve to require 4 reclaimed or some crazy thing like that though.

It also requires 10 players for the horseman, 6 for gifts to start dropping, however the time varies depending on the amount of people
So yes, we could have 6 people run around and grab tons of these hats.


AND THE RECIPES.
2 Refined+Unusual scrap+Skullcutter=Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemans Headtaker
4 Refined+Unusual scrap= Random New Halloween Hat: The Horrific Headsplitter, the Spine-Chilling Skull, the Voodoo Juju or the Cadaver's Cranium.
Both of these cannot be traded.

All 9 class masks=Saxon Hale mask.

It is a great map, especially with all the eyes under the floor.
And the Horseless Headless Horsemans Headtaker is fun to use.

[Thexor]

Huh. So you can combine your Unusual Metal with 2 refined and a Skullcutter to get the axe. Or, you can pray to your favourite deity to get an axe as a random drop for killing the Horseman, and save your Unusual Metal to craft into a hat (50% chance of getting one that's Halloween specific).

You only get one Unusual Metal.

You (probably) only have until the end of the Halloween event to craft it.




...lolwut Valve?

[ToonyMan]

I'll make sure to try this out sometime.

[MagmaDeath]

Also, gift wrap makes store items tradable.
I managed to trade for a Voodoo Juju via this system.

[PTTG??]

Also, gift wrap makes store items tradable.
I managed to trade for a Voodoo Juju via this system.

Man, I really feel like it's a bit of a rip-off to pay to be able to give items away...

[MagmaDeath]

Huh. So you can combine your Unusual Metal with 2 refined and a Skullcutter to get the axe. Or, you can pray to your favourite deity to get an axe as a random drop for killing the Horseman, and save your Unusual Metal to craft into a hat (50% chance of getting one that's Halloween specific).

You only get one Unusual Metal.

You (probably) only have until the end of the Halloween event to craft it.




...lolwut Valve?

Blah, apparently the axe will not drop at all, it was just a rumor.
So, YOU MUST CHOOSE. Or give valve money.

[umiman]

I'm actually getting disillusioned with the whole system. I used to be quite optimistic (or at least, wary) about the whole shop thing but as time passes... geez... Valve are seriously stepping into Korean ripoff MMO here. $2 to trade stuff you didn't want but are forced to have? $2.50 to open crates you don't want and have barely any value?

I understand all of it is optional but damn are they rubbing it in your face.

Heck, I'm actually completely and totally unmotivated by this Halloween event. It's a first for me. I'm just getting so sick of the deluge of items.

[Shadowlord]

The pumpkin hat is nice, but the paper bag hats are... not so impressive.

I don't much see the point of wasting 2 refined on an axe with identical stats to the eyelander (unless you decide you must have it for some reason). Why wouldn't you use it towards a polycount hat, for instance, instead?

Side note: I seem to be getting rather a lot of drops.

[Pandarsenic]

Paper bag = still lame

[Thexor]

Ah, so the axe doesn't randomly drop after all? Great. It's also untradeable, of course, which means that any hats/items crafted with it are untradeable as well. So no chance of well-managed trades to get the full set. You either have to craft the axe (at 2 refined + a weapon: 2/3rds of a random hat!) and buy the two time-limited hats, or craft one of the hats (50% chance to get a non-Halloween-exclusive one, 25% chance of getting the one you want, 0% chance of trading for the one you actually want) and never have a chance of earning the axe.


 

[Soulwynd]

Go to event servers and melee like crazy.